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    • 20 Dec 2024 8:57 AM

    The forint fell to a historic low against the pound and a two-year low against the euro on Thursday as investors reacted to Wednesday’s hawkish message from the US Federal Reserve and its signals of fewer rate cuts than expected earlier.

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    • 20 Dec 2024 8:39 AM

    Attila Juhasz, the head of EVOSZ's building materials section, said there are very few ongoing state or private investment projects and both consumers and businesses have been put off by high interest rates.

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    • 20 Dec 2024 8:20 AM

    The number of new passenger car registrations in Hungary rose 28.4pc year-on-year to 10,647 in November, data compiled by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show.

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    • 20 Dec 2024 7:02 AM

    National Economy Minister Marton Nagy announced the appointment of Bence Gerlaki as new state secretary for tax policy, consumer protection and trade.

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  • Inflation in Hungary Predicted to Rise Over Coming Months, A National Bank Director Reveals

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    • 20 Dec 2024 6:38 AM

    Inflation in Hungary will temporarily rise in the coming months, but will remain within the tolerance band throughout most of 2025, Andras Balatoni, a director of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said.

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  • Hungary to Fight "Brutal" EU Asylum Fine of Euro 200 million + Euro 1 million for Every Day of Non-Compliance

    Hungary to Fight "Brutal" EU Asylum Fine of Euro 200 million + Euro 1 million for Every Day of Non-Compliance

    • 20 Dec 2024 6:30 AM

    The government considers it unacceptable that Hungary has been fined by Brussels over its migration rules and will take legal steps as already announced in September.

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  • Ukraine Launched "An Ugly Campaign" Recently Against Hungary, Says FM Szijjarto at UN in NY

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    • 20 Dec 2024 6:13 AM

    The president of Ukraine has launched "an ugly campaign" against Hungary in the international arena in recent days, but "one should not fall for his provocations", the foreign minister said on Thursday, prior to attending a general assembly meeting of the United Nations in New York.

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  • Planned Referendum on Budapest Hosting Olympics Ruled Unconstitutional

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    • 20 Dec 2024 5:52 AM

    The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) said on Thursday that it acknowledged a Constitutional Court ruling that a decision of the Kuria, in which the supreme court validated a planned Budapest referendum on hosting the Olympics, had been unconstitutional.

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    The fresh newsletter for the International Community in Hungary - described by readers as a "Great read each week" - is now available for your interest and use via the link below.

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    • 19 Dec 2024 9:30 AM

    The actual individual consumption of the Hungarian population, calculated at purchasing power parity, was 70% of the EU average in 2023, the lowest in the EU, alongside Bulgaria Eurostat reported.

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    • 19 Dec 2024 8:44 AM

    Hungary's Kravtex-Kuehne group and state-owned bus company Volanbusz presented the first Hungarian-made electric articulated bus in Budapest.

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  • Solar Panel Subsidies Paid Out to 6,000 Households in Hungary

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    • 19 Dec 2024 8:04 AM

    Subsidies supporting solar panel and battery storage investments have been paid out to over 6,000 households so far, state secretary for energy affairs and climate policy Attila Steiner said on Wednesday on public television.

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    • 19 Dec 2024 8:03 AM

    Local and central government officials inaugurated a 4-kilometre stretch of the M85 motorway, between the city of Sopron and the border with Austria.

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